The dell; Caiaphas (i.e. Cajepha), an Israelite
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G2533 names Caiaphas, the high priest connected with the council's lethal counsel and Jesus' transfer into the formal trial sequence. John first names him in the Lazarus aftermath, where Caiaphas says it is better for one man to die for the people.
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G2533 names Caiaphas, the high priest connected with the council's lethal counsel and Jesus' transfer into the formal trial sequence. John first names him in the Lazarus aftermath, where Caiaphas says it is better for one man to die for the people.
The BSB source-word alignment has 9 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include Caiaphas (7), [named] Caiaphas (1), of Caiaphas (1).
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 26:3. Its strongest book concentrations include John (5), Matthew (2), Acts (1), Luke (1).
G2533 names Caiaphas, the high priest connected with the council's lethal counsel and Jesus' transfer into the formal trial sequence. John first names him in the Lazarus aftermath, where Caiaphas says it is better for one man to die for the people. John then interprets that statement as an unwitting prophecy about Jesus' death for the nation and the gathered children of God.
Later, Jesus is brought through the high-priestly network associated with Caiaphas before being led to Pilate. The name helps teachers handle religious authority, political calculation, irony, and divine sovereignty. It must be taught carefully so that Caiaphas' role is neither softened nor expanded into broad blame against Jewish people as a whole.
G2533 follows Caiaphas from his high-priestly counsel after Lazarus to the trial handoff. John presents his political calculation as unwittingly prophetic within God's saving purpose.
But one of them, named Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all!
Caiaphas, high priest that year, rebukes the council and prepares the logic that one man should die for the people.
They brought Him first to Annas, who was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, the high priest that year.
Jesus is brought first to Annas, father-in-law of Caiaphas, the high priest that year. The name locates Jesus inside the high-priestly network.
Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jews that it would be better if one man died for the people.
John recalls that Caiaphas advised it would be better for one man to die for the people. The earlier counsel frames the trial movement.
Then Annas sent Him, still bound, to Caiaphas the high priest.
Annas sends Jesus, still bound, to Caiaphas the high priest. The name marks the continuing religious trial sequence.
Then they led Jesus away from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. By now it was early morning, and the Jews did not enter the Praetorium, to avoid being defiled and unable to eat the Passover.
Jesus is led from Caiaphas to the Praetorium. The name stands at the handoff between high-priestly action and Roman judgment.
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Greek word. the dell; Caiaphas (i.e. Cajepha), an Israelite
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G2533 matters because John uses Caiaphas to show how human calculation can be overtaken by divine purpose without becoming innocent. Caiaphas speaks as a political and religious authority trying to preserve a nation under pressure. His counsel that one man should die for the people is morally charged, yet John says he prophesied because he was high priest that year.
The Gospel turns a strategy of removal into a witness to Jesus' saving death. In John 18, the name returns as Jesus moves through the high-priestly sequence toward Pilate. Teachers should preserve the irony: Caiaphas is responsible, and God is sovereign.
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G2533 is the Greek form of Caiaphas' name. Its importance in John is historical and narrative, tied to his high-priestly office and counsel rather than to etymology.
Scripture often shows God overruling the words and schemes of rulers for His saving purpose. John presents Caiaphas' counsel as a dark human strategy turned into unwitting prophecy.